The meeting was attended by External Affairs Minister of India S Jaishankar, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Japan Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
India’s maritime ambitions cannot be measured by a ceremonial warship commissioning or ambitious infrastructure announcements alone.
China’s latest economic numbers expose a contradiction that has been building for years.
The US President also alleged that intelligence referring to possible ballot manufacturing and efforts to influence journalists was withheld from him and Congress.
The Chinese Embassy also pointed to rising AI adoption, stronger manufacturing output, expanding trade with Africa and continued investment in research and development as evidence that China's economic momentum remains intact despite growing global protectionism.
China’s latest growth numbers offer reassurance at first glance, but they obscure a more uncomfortable reality: the world’s second-largest economy is increasingly reliant on external demand at precisely the moment when the global environment is turning hostile.
India highlighted risks to energy supply and global trade at the UN as attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz intensify, stressing diplomacy, safety of navigation, and protection of civilians.
The contest shaping the 21st century is not a war in the traditional sense, but a race to define how intelligence itself will be produced, deployed, and controlled.
India on Sunday firmly rejected China’s attempts to give fictitious names to places which form part of Indian territory, saying such actions by Beijing detract from efforts to normalise bilateral ties.
A massive cyber intrusion at a key computing hub could expose sensitive research and defence-linked data, raising fresh concerns over infrastructure security.
